Week 9--August 23-29, 2015
However, Garnalee was able to follow along so she stuck with it. she was the "last missionary standing."
Tom and Garnalee had the opportunity to speak in Church on Sunday, August 23. Tom centered his thoughts on pioneers which was celebrated in Utah a couple of weeks ago. He pointed out in his talk that most of the members of our ward are first generation members so they are pioneers, too. Garnalee based her talk on lessons she learned growing up on the farm, such as the importance of work, prayer, family history, and the temple. After lunch we meet the Broadheads who are from Toledo, Ohio, and will be taking overseeing the apartments. Sister Broadhead will be the mission nurse. Tom started studying the Financial Secretary Guide to be ready to take over the financial responsibilities. He discovered that most of it is out-dated.
Monday, August 24, was a busy day for Garnalee. She had a bunch of referrals in Referral Manager that needed to be assigned out. The weekly newsletter needed to be sent to the missionaries who are arriving in September and she had to find Elder Loveland's exit questions that he sent in the mail run. Fortunately, they were located in his file but not where they should have been.
August 25, Tuesday, Garnalee received notice of seven new missionaries that have been assigned to our mission. Three are Filipino and will come in November, three are from the United States and will come in December, and one is from Tonga arriving in January. That means a lot of letters to send out with attachments welcoming them to our mission. The letters are all done electronically but still take a lot of time. She also has taken over entering convert baptism information into the Church system so part of the day was spent doing that. She has been asked to teach the Primary children the song "Keep the Commandments" so she has been busy creating visual aids to assist in learning the words. Tom spent his day writing missionary orders which must be deducted from their support and will be delivered through the mail run. He also worked on the chart that generates graphs President Bertin sees regarding Key Indicators, e.g. number of lessons taught, number of investigators being taught, etc.
Wednesday, August 26, we had our regular lesson with Xavier. He finally committed to baptism on September 4. Last week in the newsletter all of the missionaries were invited to read the New Testament before Christmas. Tom saw a check off chart for reading the Book of Mormon, and decided to create a similar chart that reads "I Have Read the New Testament" made with 256 squares. We have accepted the invitation to read the New Testament by Christmas, and have decided to write down our impressions as we read.
August 27, Thursday, Tom got up early and went walking in the hallways, up and down the stairs, and the parking area for 30 minutes. He said it was cool and fairly pleasant and even if it is raining he can still walk. Each day Garnalee has different tasks that need to accomplished for either arriving, departing, or in-field missionaries, besides doing referrals and convert data entry. Most of her days are busy which she likes.
Friday, August 28, was weekly planning meeting at the mission home. One of the big jobs Garnalee needs to get accomplished is exit clearance papers signed by all of the foreign missionaries that will depart between January, 2016 and May, 2017. Tom and Elder Campbell generated 65 quarterly rent check approvals so that the rent checks can be given to the Zone Leaders when they come for Mission Leadership Council next Thursday.
August 29, Saturday, Tom walked and discovered that he can listen to a Dave Ramsey podcast while he is walking. We went to see the movie "Inside Out." Garnalee liked the movie much better than Tom, I guess that is because she is still a kid at heart. We were going to go see "Fantastic Four" but it had already left from the movie theaters here.
Monday, August 24, was a busy day for Garnalee. She had a bunch of referrals in Referral Manager that needed to be assigned out. The weekly newsletter needed to be sent to the missionaries who are arriving in September and she had to find Elder Loveland's exit questions that he sent in the mail run. Fortunately, they were located in his file but not where they should have been.
August 25, Tuesday, Garnalee received notice of seven new missionaries that have been assigned to our mission. Three are Filipino and will come in November, three are from the United States and will come in December, and one is from Tonga arriving in January. That means a lot of letters to send out with attachments welcoming them to our mission. The letters are all done electronically but still take a lot of time. She also has taken over entering convert baptism information into the Church system so part of the day was spent doing that. She has been asked to teach the Primary children the song "Keep the Commandments" so she has been busy creating visual aids to assist in learning the words. Tom spent his day writing missionary orders which must be deducted from their support and will be delivered through the mail run. He also worked on the chart that generates graphs President Bertin sees regarding Key Indicators, e.g. number of lessons taught, number of investigators being taught, etc.
Wednesday, August 26, we had our regular lesson with Xavier. He finally committed to baptism on September 4. Last week in the newsletter all of the missionaries were invited to read the New Testament before Christmas. Tom saw a check off chart for reading the Book of Mormon, and decided to create a similar chart that reads "I Have Read the New Testament" made with 256 squares. We have accepted the invitation to read the New Testament by Christmas, and have decided to write down our impressions as we read.
August 27, Thursday, Tom got up early and went walking in the hallways, up and down the stairs, and the parking area for 30 minutes. He said it was cool and fairly pleasant and even if it is raining he can still walk. Each day Garnalee has different tasks that need to accomplished for either arriving, departing, or in-field missionaries, besides doing referrals and convert data entry. Most of her days are busy which she likes.
Friday, August 28, was weekly planning meeting at the mission home. One of the big jobs Garnalee needs to get accomplished is exit clearance papers signed by all of the foreign missionaries that will depart between January, 2016 and May, 2017. Tom and Elder Campbell generated 65 quarterly rent check approvals so that the rent checks can be given to the Zone Leaders when they come for Mission Leadership Council next Thursday.
August 29, Saturday, Tom walked and discovered that he can listen to a Dave Ramsey podcast while he is walking. We went to see the movie "Inside Out." Garnalee liked the movie much better than Tom, I guess that is because she is still a kid at heart. We were going to go see "Fantastic Four" but it had already left from the movie theaters here.
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